IMA Sculpture Park
From the Park's beginning in 2001 when Roche Harbor Resort loaned the land in perpetuity to the Westcott Bay Institute, now the Islands Museum of Art and Sculpture Park, for the purpose of establishing a sculpture park, the artists and sculptors and early founders believed that the Park would become a destination and would draw people to the Island and the resort. They were right — Today the park gets more than 75,000 visitors annually.
Visitors today enjoy the trails throughout the reserve and the benches sited along the pathways, which provide a place for rest and contemplation as one peruses the sculptures and the Park's pond and inland ocean views on Westcott Bay.
Sculptures (currently, more than 100 sited and juried pieces) include works in bronze, stone, wood, metal, glass and ceramic by noted artists from the Pacific Northwest and beyond; and include modern, representational and conceptual works, with art gates, bells and benches scattered throughout the site. Mapped and timed plotted paths are found within the open spaces, the quiet woods, and along the 'Studio Theatre' by Westcott Bay. A Park Pond bird sanctuary has Tuck Langland's 'Dancer on a Bench,' located at the Pond's apex. The power of the sculptural object is now linked to the hunger for the imagination in the Sculpture Park experience.
Images from the IMA Sculpture park:
Click any thumbnail image below to start a slideshow of larger images from the Sculpture Park.
Grace Bench by CA Scott II
painted-wood & steel IMA permanent collection
Grape Leaf Gate By Tom Torrens II
Steel
Green Tailed Wanderer by Lee Procter
blown & cast glass & stainless steel
Grumpy Man by Regan Shanks
Mt. Sommers stone
Hawaris The Great's Scribe and Pimp by Hank Nelson
cast bronze
Hawaris The Great by Hank Nelson
cast bronze
Heart of Darkness by Pam Hom
metal & found objects
Jazz Note by Karl Hafbauer
andesite on basalt on andesite
Kona by Steve Jensen II
cedar
Lion by Ann Morris
bronze
Looking Over Childrens Park
Loons with Chicks by Georgia Gerber
bronze
Madrona Gong by Tom Torrens II
steel, wood & bronze
Missing Piece by Jere Donnelly
aluminum
Madonna Bowl by Tracey Powell
granite
IMA permanent collection
Pony Play by Cordi Bradburn
sand cast aluminum
Preponderance of Pyramids by Lance H. Carleton
welded recycled steel with powder coat finish
Queen City by CA Scott II
painted steel
IMA permanent collection
Resurgence by Sabah Al-Dhaher
marble
Shared Axis by Scott Sayers
mild steel
Silent Words by Lloyd Whannell
Texas limestone & bronze
Solstice Stone by Dave Haslett
high cascade granite on basalt
Spheroid by Ulrich Pakker
stainless steel
Spiral Fractal IV by Don Anderson
stainless steel
Table with Chairs by James Schmidt
stainless steel
Circle of Life by Shirley Erickson
steel & fused glass
Three Frogs and an Otter by Georgia Gerber
bronze
3 Graces by CA Scott II
painted-wood & steel
IMA permanent collection
Two Blues by Mike Hollern
bronze
Visor Family by Wayne Chabre
stainless steel & bronze
Resting Dancer by Tuck Langdon
bronze
Window by Tom Small - granite
Peace Portal by Brian Berman - Indiana limestone
Benefesutu the Warrior Prince by Hank Nelson
Spheroid by Ulrich Pakker - stainless steel
Windstar by Ross Matteson
bronze steel
Sculpture Park Programs
Family Art Days — held on Saturdays July and August, draw between 20-30 families every week to the white tents set up along the fence by the parking lot. Each week a different artist is scheduled to be on hand between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to lead free drop-in art projects for children, which include cartooning, wildlife masks, art postcards and paper mobiles. Summer 2011 Schedule
Artist in Residence — features and artist at work on a scupture in the park. Check the A.I.R. page for the schedule.
Artist in Action — local and regional artists demonstrate their craft and give presentations about the history of their art, how they began as artists, and what inspires and motivates them.
